- For the Lord God of Israel says that He hates divorce. Malachi 2:16
- The best day of my life...February 8th, 1986!
- Brownsville Babtist Church, 4:00pm
- 400 witnesses
- For God has not given us a spirit of fear but of love and power and a sound mind. 2 Timothy 1:7
- Devin & Malena, I completely forgive you, I love you with all my heart, and I can't wait to see you again!
- Shellbell and Naji, I love you with all my heart too, and I miss all of you.
- Don't give up on God, he will see us through this and will bring us all back together! For NOTHING IS IMPOSSIBLE WITH GOD!
- Kenisha, the worst day with you is still better than the best day without you!!!
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You Said Half what?
- 1015 DAYS CLOSER TO RESTORATION!!!
- As the old cleche goes..."is the glass half empty or half full?" Or in my situation, some would say, Kenisha has been gone for 1015 days. But that would be the same as saying that the glass is half empty. Right. Is that really faith? According to Hebrews 11:1, "Faith is being sure of what we hope for, and it is certain of what we do not see." Malachi 2:16 says, "For the Lord God of Israel says that He hates divorce." And then again in Mark 10:9 Jesus says, "Therefore, whatsoever God has joined together, let not man separate." These are not my words, but words straight from the Bible, which is the word of God!
- If then these are the words of the almighty God, creator of the universe, what business do I have to not believe that He will resotre my marriage to Kenisha, whom God has joined me with and made me one flesh with? To say that God will not resotre our marriage, would be to say that God does not take seriously what He, Himself says! To say or even think anything less than "God WILL" restore our marriage, would not be walking by faith! Or to put it more bluntly, to be walking in unbelief! Unbelief is a very dangerous place to be! In Hebrews 11:6 it says that "without faith it is impossible to please God..." And again what is faith? It is "sure of what we hope for, and it is certain of what we do not see." I don't know about you...but I want to please God! So I will walk by faith!
- What am I hoping for...what do I not see...right now? The restoration of my marriage to Kenisha!
What does the word of God say? "He (God) hates divorce!....and....what He has joined together, let not man separate." If God himself says these things, what makes ANYONE including myself think that He will not restore my marriage to Kneisha? If I am to walk in faith, then I have no option but to BELIVE and not doubt, even for a moment, that God WILL restore my marriage! Praise the Lord!
- What if I told you to meet me at the corner of 5th and Vine at 5:30pm tomorrow, and I will give you $10,000,000.00? So, right now you go to the corner of 5th and Vine to wait for me to show up to give you your $10,000,000.00. You wait all day and all night for me to come. Then at 5:28pm, you decide that you have waited long enough and that I am not going to come after all. So you leave...disappointed and sad that I did not keep my word. Then at 5:30pm I show up at the corner of 5th and vine with your $10,000,000.00, but you are not there to recieve your promise. Now, in that case, who failed? I was there at the appointed time...with the money. And you were there waiting for days...but left just before I got there.
- So, it often is with us and God. He has given me the promise that my marriage will be restored. What he hasn't told me is how long I will have to wait or when the appointed time for restoration is. So, if I wait for 300 days, or 99 years...if at anytime, I give up and move on with my life thinking that God has not come though for me, then who has failed? Not God! It would be me!
- So, really there are only 2 questions in this situation.
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- 1. How many days will I have to wait for the restoration of my marriage?
- 2. When the appointed time comes, will I still be waiting... "at the corner of 5th and Vine" or will I have given up and moved on?
- I am here to tell you now, I will still be waiting... "at the corner of 5th and Vine" as it were, even if I am on my death bed and restoration has still not happened! Faith in God REQUIRES that I believe, against ALL odds, against ALL fear, against all DISCOURAGEMENT, and against any amount of TIME.
So, back to our cleche..."is the glass half empty or is it half full?" Has Kenisha been gone for 1015 days, or are we just 1015 days closer to the restoration of our marriage? Well, if you have read the text on this page, you know what I believe and where I stand...
- Praise the Lord, we are 1015 days closer to the restoration of our marriage!
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